Contracting office · Institute of Museum and Library Services

INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM LIBRARY SVCS

INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM LIBRARY SVCS obligated $10.8M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 60 contract actions (−9.3% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was MATHEMATICA INC. ($2.6M).

Obligations · FY2026
$10.8M
Actions
60
New awards: 25
Sole-source
9.8%
Small business
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Open in the contracts explorerFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 2.7MFY2017
  2. 2.2MFY2018
  3. 4.1MFY2019
  4. 5.5MFY2020
  5. 6MFY2021
  6. 9.2MFY2022
  7. 12.7MFY2023
  8. 9.5MFY2024
  9. 11.9MFY2025
  10. 10.8MFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. MATHEMATICA INC.$2.6M24%
  2. ZOLON PCS II, LLC$2.2M20%
  3. CAPITAL MEETING PLANNING, INC.$1.3M12%
  4. ICF INCORPORATED, L.L.C.$1.2M11%
  5. AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES$1.1M11%
  6. JOS GROUP LLC$718.9K6.7%
  7. LUMINA CORPS INC.$555K5.2%
  8. ARCETYP LLC$344.6K3.2%
  9. THE IMPACT GROUP LLC$184K1.7%
  10. MIND YOUR BUSINESS INC$177.9K1.7%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$3.5M32%
  2. Research & development$3.3M31%
  3. IT & telecom$2.5M23%
  4. Facilities & utilities$1.3M12%
  5. Construction & real property$184K1.7%
  6. Transportation & logistics$98.2K0.9%
  7. Other equipment & supplies$10.2K0.1%

Where the work was performed

  1. District of Columbia$6.9M64%
  2. Virginia$2.7M25%
  3. Indiana$851.5K7.9%
  4. Kentucky$260.6K2.4%
  5. Illinois$22.3K0.2%

Integrity signals

Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.

  • Low competition9.5%
    US 39% · $1M
  • Sole-source awards9.8%
    US 30% · $1.1M
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.7% · -$37.1K
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0
  • Year-end rush57%
    US 6.1% · $6.1M
  • Undefinitized contracts0.0%
    US 5.0% · $0
  • Time-and-materials pricing0.4%
    US 4.2% · $43.2K

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Largest awards

  1. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT, OPERATIONS, WEBSITE, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE/MACHINE LEARNING AND MAINTENANCE CONTRACT$6.8M
    ZOLON PCS II, LLC· District of Columbia, DC· IT & telecom· Aug 18, 2023 – Sep 28, 2026· 53987123F0014
  2. AMERICA 250 LIBRARY CONVENING SERIES TO TARGET LIBRARIANS FROM ACROSS THE U.S., PARTICULARLY IN RURAL AND UNDERSERVED AREAS, TO GATHER IN ADVANCE OF THE USA 250TH ANNIVERSARY. 20 U.S.C. 9165 FOR LIBRARIAN TRAINING AND PROF. DEVELOPMENT.$4M
    CAPITAL MEETING PLANNING, INC.· District of Columbia, DC· Facilities & utilities· Sep 29, 2025 – Sep 21, 2026· 53987125FC017
  3. OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND EVALUATION RESEARCH, EVALUATION, AND ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT TO ANALYZE TRENDS FROM GRANT FILES AND RELATED ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS USING DATA VISUALIZATION AND OTHER ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES TO INFORM ASPECTS OF THE OFFICE OF LIBRA$3.1M
    JOS GROUP LLC· District of Columbia, DC· Research & development· Aug 28, 2023 – Sep 1, 2026· 53987123P0005
  4. SURVEY CONTRACTUAL SERVICES.$3M
    RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE· District of Columbia, DC· Education & social services· Sep 22, 2017 – Jul 29, 2026· IMLS2017030
  5. PROVIDE SURVEY AND STATISTICAL SUPPORT RELATED TO COVID-19; ONGOING DATA COLLECTIONS; PLANNING AND ASCERTAINING THE FEASIBILITY OF THE ACADEMIC LIBRARY SURVEY FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION; PLANNING NEW SURVEYS RELATED TO MUSEUMS; ETC.$2.3M
    AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Sep 14, 2021 – Mar 9, 2026· 53987121F0005
  6. ONE YEAR OF INFORMATION LITERACY TASKFORCE AND WEBSITE CONTENT, UPDATES, KNOWLEDGE SHARING, AND TASKFORCE/PROJECT COORDINATION$1.7M
    LUMINA CORPS INC.· District of Columbia, DC· IT & telecom· Sep 26, 2023 – Jul 28, 2026· 53987123F0020
  7. MINOR ALTERATIONS TO REHABILITATE SPACE AT THE FRANCIS PERKINS BUILDING. SUPPORTS THE AGENCY'S RELOCATION TO NEW SPACE FOLLOWING EXPIRATION OF ITS LEASE AT LENFANT PLAZA.$1.6M
    THE IMPACT GROUP LLC· District of Columbia, DC· Construction & real property· Sep 29, 2025 – May 8, 2026· 53987125P0010
  8. BASE YEAR FOR NATIONAL MUSEUM SURVEY AND THE OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND EVALUATION STATISTICAL SUPPORT SERVICES UNDER THE METHODOLOGY SURVEY BPA$1.2M
    ICF INCORPORATED, L.L.C.· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Sep 20, 2023 – Jan 29, 2026· 53987123F0017

Committees that oversee and fund it

Congressional committees whose jurisdiction includes this agency, and the appropriations subcommittees that write its spending bill (Analisa's reading of the House and Senate rules; committees share jurisdiction). Leaders as currently published.

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Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026.